Improvement in plows



tntrd tate' A @aient @wird Letters Patent .N 91,97 2, dated June 29, 1869.

I'MPRovEMENT IN PLoWs.

The Schedule referred to inthese Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JosIAH Summum, of Newport, in the county of Penobscot, and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in P-lows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part ot' this specilicatiom'in which- Figure 'l is a view of the landside of my improved plow.

Figure 2 is a. bottom view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, r

My invention has for its object to improve the construction ot plows, so as to diminish the friction at the bottom and landside of the plow, and thus lessen the draught; and

It consists in providing the same with a long roller, extending between the landside and mould-board, a frictionwheel within the landside, and in making the rear lower edges of the landside higher thanthe for-l ward part, so that the latter only may bear upon the ground.

A represents the beam, B, the handles, and C, the mould-board of the plow, about the construction of which .parts there is v nothing new. v

D is a long roller, extending from the mould-board O tothe landside -E of the plow.

'.lhe roller 1) is pivoted Yto bearings formed upon or attached to the mould-board O and laudside E, in such positions that the face of' the roller may rest upon the bottom of the furrow as the plow is drawn.for

The rcller D and wheel or roller F are provided with Scrapers, G and H, respectively, by which any soil that might adhere to said rollers is scraped o", to prevent them from becoming-clogged with said soil.

The rear lower part of the landside E of the plow is cut away, as shown in iig. 1, so that only the forward part of the bottom of the plow may bear upon the ground.

By these improvements in the construction ot' plows, the friction upon the landside and bottom of' the furrow will be greatly diminished, thus greatly diminishing the draught of the plow.

" Having thus described my invention, v

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure `by Letters Patent, is

An improved plow, provided with a long roller, D, and horizontal lroller or wheel F, and having the rear lower part of the landside cutaway, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth` JOSIAH SHEPARD. Witnesses:

O. H. SHEPARD, ATKINSON HOBART. 

